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ILLUSTRATION N3, 15 WILLIAM AND MARY BINDING

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PRINTING ON VELLUM. THE NORWEGIAN ACCOUNT OF KING HACO'S EXPEDITION 408 AGAINST SCOTLAND 1763. Translated from the Icelandic by J. Johnstone. With notes by E. Goldsmid.

8vo, morocco, gilt top. Edinb., 1885.

One of two copies only, printed on vellum throughout. Privately issued.

PRINTING ON VELLUM. See also 107, 247, 428.

£4/10/

[PRIOR (Matthew)]. A LETTER TO MONSIEUR BOILEAU DEPREAUX, occasioned by the 409 Victory at Blenheim.

10 pp. Folio. Tonson, 1704.

£3/10/

A fine and perfect copy of the first edition-recently bound in boards. From the library of John Drinkwater, with his autograph signature and a note. It has also his small leather book-plate.

PRIOR (Matthew). ERLE ROBERT'S MICE. A Tale in imitation of Chaucer, &c. by 410 M*****w P***r, Esq. Corrected from the errors of a Spurious Edition.

Consisting of three leaves only, scarcely any copies still remain in existence. This copy is practically as new.

QUEEN VICTORIA PRESENTATION. LETTERS OF FEODORA, PRINCESS OF 411

HOHENLOHE-LANGENBURG, from 1828 to 1872.

8vo. 1874.

£51-1

Presentation copy from Queen Victoria, with long holograph inscription, written in German, and signed in full. Dated April 7th, 1876.

Q. CURTII RUFI DE REBUS GESTIS ALEXANDRI MAGNI LIBRI DECEM. Front. Post 8vo, contemporary crimson morocco, gilt, with raised bands on back, and gilt edges. Paris: Barbou, 1757.

Very nice copy.

£3/3/

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RABELAIS (Docteur Francois). LES ŒUVRES, contenant cinq livres de la Vie, faicts, et 413 dicts Héroiques de Gargantua, et de son fils Pantagruel.

£20/-1

Thick 16m0, dark-red polished morocco, decorated panelled back and sides, with marbled edges, under gold, by Lortic. A Lyon. par P. Estiard, 1580. Beautiful little copy from library of Marcel Schwob, with his autograph.

RABELAIS (Francis). WORKS, translated from the French & illustrated with Explana- 414 tory Notes by Le Duchat and others, engraved fronts.

4 vols., post 8vo, calf, gilt backs. 1784.

£4/10/

Pretty set. Pasted on end-papers are portraits of famous actors and actresses in character. Name-stamp on titles.

RACKHAM. See 264.

RADCLIFFE (Ann). THE MYSTERIES OF UDOLPHO, A Romance; Interspersed with 415 some pieces of Poetry.

4 vols., fcap. 8vo, contemporary calf, extra, with double labels, and marbled end-papers. 1794.

The first edition, complete with half-titles. A very pretty copy.

£251-1

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416 RANDOLPH. POEMS WITH THE MUSES LOOKING-GLASSE: AND AMYNTAS. By Thomas Randolph, Master of Arts, and late Fellow of Trinity College in Cambridge.

Sm. 4to, half calf, gilt. Oxford: Printed by Leonard Lichfield, Printer to the University, for Francis Bowman, 1638.

£14 14

The first edition. The title-page is mounted, and a few early pages are cropped at the
foot, affecting a few catchwords. The last leaf has been repaired, and portions of two
words are missing from it.

The book contains commendatory poems in English and Latin by Robert Randolph,
I. T., Thomas Terrent, R. Brideoake, Ed. Gayton, G. W., Jos. Howe, Owen Feltham,
R. Gostelow, and Richard West.

417 RAPIN DE THOYRAS. THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND. Written in French, and Translated into English, with Additional Notes, by N. Tindall, M.A. The second edition. With engraved portraits and illustrations.

5 vols., large folio, crimson morocco, gilt, gilt edges [by Roger Payne]. London:
J. J. and P. Knapton, 1732.
£42-1-
A magnificent set, from the Syston Park Library, and also having belonged to Knapton,
the publisher of the book. In addition to the fine portraits by Vertue which are in the
work itself, the volumes have been extra-illustrated by the fine set of engraved portraits
by J. Houbraken, which were also published by Knapton. According to a contemporary
note in the book, these portraits were all specially selected on account of the brilliant

state.

418 REDOUTÉ (P. J.). LES LILIACÉES. With portrait, engraved plate, and four hundred and eighty-five magnificent coloured illustrations.

8 vols., large folio, contemporary binding of cloth, with red morocco backs, gilt.
Paris, 1802-16.
£2401-1-
An exceptionally fine copy of this great work by the famous botanist and artist. The
edges of the volumes are untrimmed, the copy being one of about twenty specially
selected by Redouté for presentation purposes.

This copy was given to Citoyen Chaptal, Ministre de l'Interieur, and has a long in-
scription written in Redouté's fine and bold hand.

REPTON. See 180.

419 [RICHARDSON (S.)]. THE HISTORY OF SIR CHARLES GRANDISON. In a Series of Letters Published from the Originals, By the Editor of Pamela and Clarissa.

6 vols., 8vo, original calf. 1754.

£8/8

The first five volumes are first editions, the sixth, as usual, second edition. One page has been torn, and is repaired.

420 RICKETTS (Charles). BEYOND THE THRESHOLD. By Jean Paul Raymond. Translated from the French and illustrated by Charles Ricketts.

8vo, in a full niger binding designed by Charles Ricketts. [1929].
One of only 150 privately printed copies.

£5/51

421 RIDLEY. A VIEW OF THE CIVILE AND ECCLESIASTICAL LAW, and wherein the practise of them is streitned, and may be relieved within this Land. Written by Thomas Ridley, Doctor of the Civile Law.

Sm. 4to, original limp vellum. London: Printed for the Company of Stationers, 1607.

£66

The first edition. A fine large and clean copy. One corner of the binding has been damaged.

[ROGERS (Samuel)]. AN EPISTLE TO A FRIEND, WITH OTHER POEMS. By the Author of 422 "The Pleasures of Memory".

4to, original marbled wrappers, with uncut edges. 1798.

£10/10/

The first edition, rare in this state. This copy is a presentation one, with the words "From the Author", in Rogers's hand, on the title.

ROGERS (Samuel). HUMAN LIFE, A Poem.

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Fcap. 8vo, original boards, with paper label. London: John Murray, 1819. £3/10/The first edition. An exceedingly fine copy, enclosed in a buckram solander case. A specimen of Rogers's handwriting is loosely inserted.

ROSSETTI (Christina). POEMS. Chosen by Walter de la Mare. With an engraving of 424 Christina Rossetti from the pencil drawing by D. G. Rossetti.

8vo, boards, with pigskin back, as issued. 1930.

£2/12/6

Printed at The Gregynog Press, in an edition limited to 300 numbered copies. ROSSETTI (Dante G.). SISTER HELEN; a ballad.

425

12mo, green morocco, gilt, with satin ends, and gilt edges [by Zaehnsdorf]. Oxford: Printed for Private Circulation, 1857.

£8/8/

The first edition. A nice copy, with the Herschel V. Jones book-plate. ROUSSEAU (J.-J.). LA NOUVELLE HÉLOÏSE. Avec une préface par J. Grand-Carteret. 426 Dessins d'Edmond Hédouin, gravés par lui-même et par Toussaint. Eaux-fortes de Lalauze, imprimées dans le texte. Paris, 1889.

3 vols., 8vo, three-quarter levant, extra, with raised bands on backs, and gilt tops [by David]. £4/4/

A fine set; one of 175 printed on large paper.

ROYAL BINDING. [LUCAS (Richard, D.D.)]. AN ENQUIRY AFTER HAPPINESS. The 427 Second Edition, enlarged and corrected.

2 vols., 8vo, contemporary old-rose coloured morocco, richly tooled, with the crown and interlaced initials of King William and Queen Mary repeated frequently within a general "cottage pattern" design, gilt edges. 1690–92.

A very lovely binding, in particularly fine condition.

£701-1

Lucas, Prebendary of Westminster, became blind in middle life, and "thinking it my duty to set myself some task which might serve to divert my thoughts from melancholy contemplation of my misfortunes", he wrote "An Enquiry after Happiness", which proved his most popular book.

[See illustration No. 15.]

RUBÁLYÁT OF OMAR KHAYYÁM, the Astronomer Poet of Persia. Rendered into English 428 Verse by Edward Fitzgerald.

8vo, vellum, gilt. 1913.

One of 12 copies, printed by The Riccardi Press, throughout on vellum.

RUMP: or, An Exact Collection Of the Choycest Poems and Songs relating to the Late 429 Times. By the most Eminent Wits, from Anno 1639 to Anno 1661. Engraved frontispiece and title-page.

8vo, morocco, gilt, gilt edges [by Clarke]. London: Printed for Henry Brome and Henry Marsh, 1662.

£13/13/